REGULATIONS 


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REGULATIONS 


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ORDNANCE  DEPARTMENT 


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CONFEDERATE   STATES, 


FOR   THE    USE    OF 


TROOPS   IN  THE  FIELD 


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1861. 


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ORDNANCE    REGULATIONS, 


USE     OF     TROOPS 


l...The  Ordnance  Bureau  has  charge  of  and  furnishes  all  Ordnance 
and  Ordnance  Stores  for  the  military  service. 

2. ..The  general  denomination,  "  Ordnance  and  Ordnance  Stores," 
comprehends  all  cannon  and  artillery  carriages  and  equipments  :  all 
apparatus  and  machines  for  the  service  and  manoeuvres  of  artillery  ; 
all  small  arms  and  accoutrements  and  horse  equipments;  all  ammu- 
nition ;  and  all  tools  and  materials  for  the  Ordnance  service.  The 
Ordnance  Department  also,  for  the  present,  furnishes  knapsacks, 
canteens  and  haversacks  which  belong  properly  to  camp  equipage. 

3. ..In  time  of  peace,  Ordnance  and  Ordnance  Stores  are  to  be  issued 
from  the  arsenals  and  armories  only  by  authority  from  the  Ordnance 
Bureau  of  the  War  Department;  in  war,  to  supply  troops  in  service, 
on  the  order  of  any  general  or  field  officer  commanding  an  army, 
garrison  or  detachment;  provided,  in  issues  to  the  militia,  that  they 
shall  have  been  regularly  mustered  into  the  service,  and  the  requisi- 
tion (Form  2)  be  approved  by  the  mustering  and  inspecting  officer  of 
the  Confederate  States,  or  a  general  or  field  officer  commanding  in 
the  regular  service.  In  case  of  an  issue  not  specially  directed  from 
the  Ordnance  Bureau,  the  order  for  the  issue  will  be  promptly  trans- 
mitted to  the  Bureau  by  the  issuing  officer. 

ipriate  arms  and  accoutrements  required  by  an  officer 
:  i  own  use  in  the  public  service,  may  be  issued  to  him  on  pay- 

gulated  price  (Form  5),  to  be  passed  to  the  credit  of 
t,  r  appropriation  at  the  Ordnance  Bureau. 


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4  ORDNANCE  "REGULATIONS. 

5... Requisitions  (Form  2)  for  Ordnance  and  Ordnance  Stores  for 
companies  or  posts  may,  in  urgent  cases,  be  sent  direct  to  the  Adju- 
tant-General's office,  a  duplicate  being  forwarded  at  the  same  time 
to  department  headquarters.  Requisitions  for  supplies  for  arsenals 
and  armories  are  sent  direct  to  the  Ordnance  Bureau. 

6. ..When  arms,  accoutrements,  and  equipments  need  repairs  that 
cannot  be  made  by  the  troops,  the  commanding  officer  may  send 
them  to  be  repaired  to  the  most  convenient  arsenal. 

7. ..The  commander  of  each  company  or  detachment  will  be  ac- 
countable for  all  Ordnance  and  Ordnance  Stores  issued  to  his 
command,  and  will  make  a  return  (Form  No.  1)  of  them  to  the 
Ordnance  Bureau  within  20  days  after  the  close  of  each  quarter. 
The  conftnander  of  each  post  will  be  accountable  for  all  Ordnance 
and  Ordnance  Stores  at  the  post,  not  issued  to  the  company  or  de- 
tachment commanders,  or  not  in  charge  of  an  officer  of  Ordnance  or 
a  storekeeper.  Ordnance  sergeants  will  account  for  Ordnance  pro- 
perty only  where  there  is  no  commissioned  officer  of  the  army  or 
storekeeper. 

8. ..Commanding  officers  of  the  militia  in  service  of  the  Confederate 
States  shall  return  and  account  for  Ordnance  and  Ordnance  Stores  in 
the  use  of  troops  as  required  in  the  regular  service.  And  all  arms 
and  equipments  issued  to  such  militia  shall  be  charged  against  the 
person  to  whom  the  issue  is  made  on  the  muster  roll  or  pay  account, 
to  be  accounted  for  to  the  mustering  and  inspecting  officer  before 
receiving  pay  during  service  and  on  his  discharge. 

9. ..When  a  mustering  and  inspecting  officer  relieves  such  person 
from  charge  for  loss  or  damage  to  his  arms  or  equipments,  satisfac- 
tory evidence,  by  affidavit  or  otherwise,  setting  out  the  facts  of  the 
loss  or  damage,  and  showing, that  it  was  not  by  his  fault,  shall  be 
annexed  to  the  pay  roll  or  account. 

10. ..When  charges  on  account  of  Ordnance  Stores  are  made  against 
a  soldier,  the  property  return  shall  give  his  name  and  the  pay  ro 
account  on  which  the  charge  is  made. 

11. ..Arm   chests  are   to   be  preserved  and  accounted  fo 
Ordnance  Stores. 

12. ..Every  officer  commanding  a  regiment,  corps,  g^^H 
tachmeut  shall  make,  at  the  end   of  February,  April,  June 


ORDNANCE   REGULATIONS.  5 

October  and  December,  <i  report  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  stating  all 
damages  to  arms,  equipments  and  implements  belonging  to  bis  com- 
mand, noting  those  occasioned  by  negligence  or  abuse,  and  naming 
the  officer  or  soldier  by  whose  negligence  or  abuse  the  said  dai 
were  occasioned,  from  which  reports  the  necessary  instructions  shall 
be  issued  to  the  armories  and  the  Ordnance  inspectors  to  correct 
defects  in  the  manufacture. 

13. ..Letters  of  transmittal  are  to  accompany  reports  and  returns  to 
the  Ordnance  Bureau. 

14... Prices  of  Small  Arms.     (See  p.  C.) 

15.,, Prices  of  Accoutrements,     (See  p,  8.) 


ORDNANCE   REGULATIONS. 


Prices  of  Small  Arms. 


PERCUSSION    LOCK. 


Musket. 


Pistol. 


Barrel  with  sight,  without  breech. 

Breech  screw 

Bayonet  or  baud  stud 

Tang,  screw 

Breech  sight 

Cone 

Lock  plate 

Tumbler , 

Tumbler  screw , 

Bridle 

Sear 

Sear  spring , 

Main  spring 

Lock  screws,  each 

Hammer  

Side  plate  (with  band  for  pistol).., 

Side  screws,  each 

Upper  band 

Middle  band , 

Lower  band , 

Upper  band  spring 

Middle  band  spring 

Lower  band  spring 

Guard  plate 

Guard  plate  screws,  each ... 

Guard  bow  without  swivels 

Guard  bow  nut,  each 

Swivels  and  rivets,  each 

Trigger 

Trigger  screw 

Butt  plate 

Butt  plate  screw,  each 

Ramrod 

Ramrod  spring 

Ramrod  wires 

Ramrod  stop 

Stock 


D.  C. 

D.  C. 

D.  C. 

4  90 

5  28 

2  40 

12 

12 

09 

01 

OG 

06 

07 

05 

11 

11 

11 

60 

60 

48 

32 

32 

30 

04 

04 

04 

19 

19 

17 

24 

24 

20 

12 

12 

10 

32 

32 

30 

04 

04 

04 

72 

72 

54 

09 

12 

48 

05 

05 

04 

46 

54 

28 

18 

22 

11 

11 

10 

10 

10 

50 

60 

42 

04 

04 

02 

36 

42 

24 

02 

02 

02 

12 

12 

14 

14 

11 

02 

02 

02 

36 

63 

35 

03 

03 

03 

60 

60 

30 

14 

14 

01 

01 

01 

01  I 

1  74 

2  22 

1  08 

ORDNANCE   REGULATIONS. 


Prices  of  Small  Arms — continued. 


TARTS. 


PERCUSSION    LOCK. 


Musket.        Rifle. 


Pistol. 


Bayonet 

Bayonet  clasp 

Bayonet  clasp  screw 

Box  plate 

Box  catch 

Box  spring 

Box  spring  screw 

Box  screw,  each 

Ramrod  swivel  and  rivet 

Ramrod  swivel  and  rivet  screw 

Bword  bayonet  blade 

Swerd  bayonet  hilt  without  clasp... 

Sight  base 

Long  branch  (leaf) 

Short 

Sight  screw?,  each 

Sight  complete 

Barrel  complete 

Lock  complete 

(Juard  complete 

Bayonet  complete 

Box  plate  complete 

Arm  complete 

Appendages  for  all  arms: 

Screw-driver  and  cone  wrench. 

Wiper. 

Ball  screw. 

Spring  vice. 

Bullet  mould  (rifle  calibre). 


D.    C. 

1  63 
19 
02 


40 

17 
24 
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15  GO 


86 
06 
12 
02 
03 


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48 
70 
49 


1  16 
15  90 


30 

02 


ORDNANCE   REGULATION: 


Prices  of  Accoutrements. 


PARTS. 


Cartridge  box 

Cartridge  box  belt 

Bayonet  scabbard  and  frog. 

Waist  belt — private's 

Cap  pouch  and  pick 

Gun  sling 

Sabre  belt 

Sword  belt 

Carbine  or  gun  sling 

Powder  flask — tin 

Canteen 

"       strap 

Knapsacks 

Haversacks 


75 

GO 
65 
35 


30 

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20 
25 
20 


25 

20 

3  25 

20 


G5 
35 

1  35 

1  25 
30 
25 
25 

3  25 
20 


1  GO 


60 
65 

35 


30 

25 

25 

3  25 

20 


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PEOPEETY 

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RETUEN. 

Class  I. — Orun    tce. 

Class  II.— Artillery 
Carriages. 

Class  III. — Artillery  1  jrn>- 

MENTS  AND    IjIl'LEMBI  IS. 
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Class  IV. 
Cannon  Balls. 

Class  V.— Fixed 
Ammunition. 

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